Kennedy Ryan – Cannonball Read 17

When You Are Mine by Kennedy Ryan

When You Are Mine by Kennedy Ryan

August 17, 2025 by Classic Leave a Comment

“When You Are Mine” is the first book in a series I have zero intention of finishing. It starts with a wedding and the best man, Walsh, is doing a wedding toast for his best friend Cam. One problem, Walsh is in love with his best friend’s wife, Kerris. Child no. I got recommended this book again (by someone at the only romance book store in NoVa) and I swear to God those people hate me. WHY???? This book had me mad from the word […]

not all romances should get a second chance

Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan

December 9, 2024 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

I go into all romance novels with an open mind, but this second-chance romance between divorced co-parents who just might rekindle their love left me disappointed. While the premise of revisiting a past relationship is one of my favorite tropes, this one is not it. The biggest frustration? NO ONE in this book EVER talks to each other. Seriously, every misunderstanding feels like it could’ve been solved with one honest conversation. Instead, we get page after page of assumptions, misinterpretations, and characters jumping to the […]

“You signed up for me … And I signed up for you, whatever that means, wherever that takes us”

The Kingmaker by Kennedy Ryan

The Rebel King by Kennedy Ryan

April 29, 2024 by Malin Leave a Comment

Kennedy Ryan’s All the Kings Men Duet, as she calls it, spans more than a decade and contains a lot of passion, danger, and drama. I’m reviewing both at the same time since they don’t really stand alone. The Kingmaker ends on one heck of a cliffhanger, and The Rebel King would not be a satisfying place to start the series. Maxim Cade is still just in college when he travels with his father to the location of one of their planned oil pipelines, which […]

Is this a romance? I’m saying yes.

This Could be Us by Kennedy Ryan

February 19, 2024 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

“So tell us what happened between Oh, my gosh, my inmate husband has a secret baby and I smashed the man who put him in prison,” Yasmen says, resting her chin on her folded hands. “This is some Days of Our Lives shit.” Kennedy Ryan’s Before I Let Go was one of the best books I read in 2022. I can still call up the big emotions between a divorced couple who are trying to co-parent and run a business together while also trying to […]

I loved this book, and then I found the recipes at the end and now I LOVE this book.

Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan

October 27, 2022 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

This is a ridiculously silly thing to be excited about, but there are recipes at the end of this book! We get to read about all this great food and then, we can make it ourselves. I loved this book and it made me cry and laugh and ache, but then I got to the end, and those recipes are like my own personal happily ever after. This is one of the best depictions of food as love and healing that I’ve read. Before I […]

“You save all your tears for the things that set you on fire inside.”

Queen Move by Kennedy Ryan

May 17, 2021 by Nart Leave a Comment

Kennedy Ryan writes books about unstoppable, spectacular women and the men who love them. This book is no different. Plot: Kimba and Ezra were born on the same day and were inseparable through their childhood. Then the friendship between their parents splintered, and they didn’t see each other for 24 years. Kimba spent that time dealing with the pressure of having an equal parts impressive and oppressive family legacy of community leaders that includes freedom riders and big political players. Ezra spent that time struggling […]

Zirza on A Gothic Classic for a ReasonIt's one of those wish-you-could-read-it-again-for-the-first-time books. I loved it.
Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
Dixie on Track Her Down by Melinda LeighI am just starting Track Her Down and I have read them all in order till now and thought I...
Roland of Gilead on How can you give us the gift of a crazy character named Rando Thoughtful and then just as suddenly take that gift away? We need to talk, Uncle Stevie.I came across this randomly years after it was written because I was searching "Random Thoughtful. But I have the...
Emmalita on “Only you, Em, would refer to heartbreak as a distraction. I think I would have a more sympathetic response if I asked to marry a bookcase.”Oh my goodness, Gallifrey was beautiful. I’m sure her mittens were gloriously murdery.

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